Question

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence:
All three dog's leashes are lying in the same house's hallway.

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. All three dog's leashes are lying in the same houses hallway.
• C. All three dogs' leashes are lying in the same houses' hallway.
• D. All three dogs' leashes are lying in the same house's hallway.

Answer 1

The correct option is D All three dogs' leashes are lying in the same house's hallway.

Apostrophe indicates possession.

Apostrophe is used with nouns in two ways:

1. Apostrophe before 's' – to show possession with a singular noun or a plural noun that does not end in ‘s’
2. Apostrophe after 's'- to show possession with a plural noun which ends with 's'

Here apostrophe is used after 's' and with 'dogs' because leashes belong to many dogs. Therefore the correct option is: All three dogs' leashes are lying in the same house's hallway.